Missouri - Weld/Fab Crew Lead 2nd Shift

Merrill Steel; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

PTO

9 Paid Holidays Per Year

Tuition Reimbursement

Safety boots and glasses

Job summary

Merrill Steel is seeking a Direct Weld/Fab Supervisor to lead a skilled team in our fabrication shop. You will ensure adherence to Merrill processes, monitor workflow, and drive productivity while maintaining quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities include scheduling, mentoring, and coordinating with management to meet production goals. A strong background in welding, blueprint reading, and safety compliance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading welding/fabrication teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read complex blueprints and welding symbols.
• Knowledge of welding safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Direct Weld/Fab employees to follow Merrill processes and monitor workflow.
• Maintain 44–55 hour workweek expectations.
• Perform quality checks per Merrill Quality Manual.
• Operate overhead crane safely and conduct pre-shift checks.
• Coordinate with management to meet production schedules.
• Mentor and assign tasks based on employee skills.
• Ensure PPE use and good housekeeping.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Welding

Team leadership

Quality control

Safety compliance

Tools

Overhead crane operation

Welding equipment setup

Welding gauges

Job description

Position Description

Who We Are: Merrill Steel is a family-owned company that has been in central Wisconsin for the past 60 years. Now in our fourth generation of family ownership, we’re building bigger and better than ever. From stadiums to hospitals and skyscrapers, our complex structural steel and plate fabrications are the backbones of many massive projects all over the country.

What Makes Us Different: We recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset. It is our intention to make continuous improvements to ensure our employees enjoy coming to work. Here is a list of just some of the things we offer:

• Flexible Scheduling: Second shift operates Monday– Friday from 5:30 pm – 5:00 am, Fridays are voluntary. Second shift employees receive a night shift premium of $1.60/hour effective immediately.
• Innovative and Affordable Healthcare: We have put a lot of effort into being able to provide good healthcare at a very affordable cost to our employees. We have an onsite clinic that you and your family can use. Insurance available on the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
• Extensive Wellness Plan: You can earn enough $ to meet your annual deductible through participation in the yearly wellness program.
• Health Savings Account
• Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability Insurance
• PTO
• 9 Paid Holidays Per Year
• Yearly Tuition Reimbursement
• Milestone Anniversary gifts
• Safety Boots and Glasses: In addition to offering a generous company contribution each year, we also have companies come onsite for fitting and purchasing.
• Celebrations Throughout the Year: annual family fun day, annual Christmas party, Thanksgiving turkeys, Christmas hams, popcorn Wednesdays, monthly celebration meals.

POSITION SUMMARY

Direct Weld/Fab employees to follow the Merrill processes that we have in place and to monitor workflow within the department.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ability to work approximately 44-55 hours per week.
• Ability to receive feedback and learn from others
• Performs acceptable quality level checks on product produced in accordance with the Merrill Quality Manual.
• Safe operation of overhead crane and associated lifting devices for Class I Operator (to include pre-shift checks).
• Paperwork is timely, accurate, and complete.
• Ability to read complex blueprints
• Effectively monitors overall workflow within the department and takes effective correction action to prevent or minimize disruptions to the workflow
• Accomplishes daily shop schedules and meets productivity requirements.
• Deals effectively with sudden changes in daily priorities.
• Proactive: anticipates production problems and effectively takes action to minimize them.
• Effective in matching employee skills with job assignments.
• Directs department to consistently meet productivity goals.
• Communicates problems and issues on a timely basis with appropriate management.
• Attends and conducts meetings as required.
• Plans and implements department's work in a logical and organized manner.
• Communicates company's policies and procedures.
• Ensures employees receive necessary training to be effective in their job assignments.
• Has knowledge of all facets of department.
• Reliable, consistent work attendance is mandatory.
• Knows and enforces Quality Control standards and policies
• Knows and enforces Safety standards and policies
• Requires all employees to always wear required PPE
• Requires and enforces good housekeeping in area of responsibility
• Knowledgeable in setup and adjustment of welding equipment
• Knowledgeable in welding machine repair, lead changing, tip replacement, wire changing
• Knows meaning of welding symbols on blueprints
• Knowledge and enforces correct use of lifting chains and clamps
• Knowledgeable in use of torching equipment, torch setting and regulator settings
• Consistently maintains acceptable production level for skill level
• Quality of welding meets company quality requirements
• Proficient at welding of basic structural beams, frames, etc.
• Has successfully completed 1/16” fillet test
• Has successfully completed Full Pen test
• Has successfully completed 1/16” vertical up Full Penn test
• Has successfully completed 3/32” Full Penn test
• Knows how to correctly use twist and slugger drills
• Knows how to correctly use hand grinders
• Knowledgeable in use of all required weld gauges
• Skilled in use of tape measure and fractions
• Knows proper preheat usage and requirements
• Knowledgeable of shop bolts, sizes and requirements
• Has good working knowledge of all weld procedures
• Knowledgeable of welding gases and their effect on material being welded
• Proficient at plugging incorrect hole size and location of incorrect holes
• Performs welding of more complex pieces
• Knowledge of air arcing
• Knowledge of multiple pass welding
• Performs proficiently all items listed in Fit/Weld I- Technical Fabrication
• Ability to fabricate more complex beams and columns
• Ability to fabricate basic frames
• Understands blueprint section views and their relevance to fabrication
• Proficient in the use of all fabrication tools required in fabrication
• Performs appropriate checking of parts before installation
• Knowledgeable of sub assembly parts to beam requirements
• Correctly positions basic parts on beams and columns per blueprint
• Knows how to complete required paperwork for production and for quality reasons
• Accomplishes daily shop schedules and meets productivity requirements
• Organizes and prioritizes work to correct individuals as required
• Effectively monitors overall workflow within department and takes effective corrective action to prevent or minimize disruptions to the workflow
• Keeps flow of raw material into production departments to prevent delays in production
• Good working knowledge of all fabrication equipment used in department
• Reads tape measure accurately and can verify tape measure accuracy against the standard.
• Ensures all team members are operating their equipment within acceptable parameters.
• Successfully passed AWS B1.1 Visual Inspection of Welds
• Associated paperwork is made available to team and checked for accuracy at completion of work.
• Ability to schedule workforce to meet production demands.
• Proactively reviews work and creates plan to improve efficiency.
• Ensures all pre-shift checks are completed in their area.
• Ability to cover the Team Lead role in their absence
• Ability to help out in other areas/departments when needed

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accurate - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Decision Making - Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Goal Oriented - Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
• Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
• Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using him or her own drive or initiative.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.

EXPERIENCE

• One to two-year related experience

Position Requirements

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical Abilities

Stand F (Frequently)

Walk F (Frequently)

Sit O (Occasionally)

Handling C (Constantly)

Reach Outward F (Frequently)

Reach Above Shoulder F (Frequently)

Climb F (Frequently)

Crawl O (Occasionally)

Squat or Kneel F (Frequently)

Bend F (Frequently)

Lift/Carry

10 lbs or less F (Frequently)

11-20 lbs F (Frequently)

21-50 lbs F (Frequently)

51-70 lbs F (Frequently)

Over 70 lbs N (Not Applicable)

Push / Pull

12 lbs or less F (Frequently)

13-25 lbs F (Frequently)

26-40 lbs F (Frequently)

41-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

N (Not Applicable)

Activity is not applicable to this occupation.

O (Occasionally)

Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)

F (Frequently)

Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)

C (Constantly)

Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

OTHER PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Vision (Near, Distance, Peripheral, Depth Perception)
• If it is required on your state driver’s license that corrective lenses are required for driving, we would require you to also use those while operating any rolling stock.
• Sense of Touch
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Steel toed shoes, metatarsal guards, hearing protection, and safety glasses)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Able to work outside in extreme weather conditions
• Able to work in an environment that has paint and thinner fumes
• Not allergic to paints and chemicals
• Able to work in an environment that has some welding fumes

Equal Opportunity Employer

Merrill Steel is committed to equal employment opportunities in all of its policies regarding:

RECRUITING BENEFITS

EMPLOYMENT HIRING TRAINING

PROMOTIONS LAYOFF & RECALL

COMPENSATION

The above policies are administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, handicap, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or, except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification. The company gives full consideration to the employment of disabled or handicapped persons for work they are qualified to do. Management pledges itself to support and sustain the beliefs and policies outlined in this statement.

The Company encourages initiative and leadership by individuals as the best means to carry out this policy. Violations of this policy will be met with appropriate action.

The Company works with selected agencies and groups to initiate and sustain this policy.

It is the responsibility of each member of management to give this policy full support. It is the duty of each employee to create a job environment conducive to this policy.

The Company considers all qualified minority group applications for all job categories. All sources of employment recruiting are advised of such. All employee job openings state that Merrill Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Where deemed necessary, the Company informs appropriate minority groups and women’s organizations in making the Company’s needs known.

Merrill Steel does not maintain or tolerate facilities that are segregated on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, handicap, sex, marital status, or sexual preference, except where sex is a bona fide qualification.

Thank you for applying to Merrill Steel, have an excellent day!